FANZA is excited to announce that our Australia & New Zealand Film Festival (ANZFF), presented in partnership with the London Australia Film Society, returns to London from 30 January - 1 February 2026.

FANZA is pleased to announce that Hamish Cooper, New Zealand High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, has accepted our invitation to become a Patron.

Australian singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett is back with Stay In Your Lane, her first new single since 2023 - and a bold, exhilarating return to form for one of Australia’s most distinctive musical voices.

FANZA gathered a stellar line-up of Australian and New Zealand talent – and a room full of like-minded creatives – for an evening of insight, inspiration and community at the Australian High Commission in London.

Australian writer Helen Garner has been awarded the 2025 Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction for How to End a Story, becoming the first author to win the UK’s most prestigious nonfiction award with a collection of diaries.

FANZA is delighted to celebrate the appointment of New Zealand bass Jonathan Lemalu as Deputy Head of Vocal & Opera at London’s prestigious Royal College of Music (RCM).

FANZA was delighted to partner with the New Zealand High Commission in London to celebrate the UK launch of The Book of Guilt, the ninth novel by award-winning New Zealand author Catherine Chidgey.

Tama Matheson is acclaimed for his versatility and passion in bringing classical works to life. His interpretations offer fresh perspectives, engaging both seasoned aficionados and new audiences alike.

Australian author Lisa Medved makes a dazzling debut with The Engraver’s Secret - an art history thriller that spans centuries, weaving the richly imagined world of 17th-century Flanders with a gripping modern-day treasure hunt in Antwerp.

A landmark addition to the limited scholarship on one of Australasia’s most iconic bands, Crowded House’s Together Alone offers a deeply intertextual, personal and passionate exploration of the group’s seminal 1993 album.

FANZA was honoured to co-host a special evening this week at Pace Gallery, London, celebrating the extraordinary work of one of Australia’s most critically acclaimed contemporary artists: Emily Kam Kngwarray (c.1914–1996).

FANZA warmly congratulates celebrated Aotearoa New Zealand poet and academic Selina Tusitala Marsh ONZM, FRSNZ on her historic appointment as the first ever Commonwealth Poet Laureate.

The Tait Memorial Trust has today announced an exciting new initiative for emerging ballet talent from Australia and New Zealand. The Tait Bonynge Prize is a newly established annual award that will grant £5,000 each to two outstanding Australian or New Zealand dancers graduating from The Royal Ballet School.

The New Zealand Youth Choir has taken home one of the highest accolades in global choral performance, winning Choir of the World 2025 at the prestigious Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod in Wales.

Australian author Michelle de Kretser has been awarded the 2025 Stella Prize for her bold and inventive novel Theory & Practice. The announcement made on Friday 23 May positions de Kretser as one of the most celebrated literary voices in Australia today.

JGM Gallery has announced that artists Naomi Kantjuriny and Freda Brady, both featured in the London gallery’s current exhibition Minyma Ninti Pulka: Wise Women, have been named finalists in one of Australia’s most significant cultural honours — the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA).

The British Council has opened applications for its 2025 Connections Through Culture grants, supporting creative collaboration between New Zealand and the UK.

New Zealand writer Kate Evans has brought her celebrated book Feijoa: A Story of Obsession and Belonging to UK readers, with the title now available through major booksellers including Waterstones.